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Community organizations: Brooks Composite High School Integration timeline: not defined Open access: No Future research / gaps identified: Continue joint research and advocacy around this topic Key findings: 1) The study emphasized the importance of social justice and antiracism in educational practices at vari...
Key findings: 1) Canadian multiculturalism was critiqued as unresponsive to the needs and interests of Black African immigrant students and not supportive of their identity reclamation. 2) African Indigenous knowledge is a significant part of the identity of Black African immigrant students and the acknowledgment and v...
Community organizations: Brooks Composite High School Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Brooks has the highest proportion of Black Canadians of any census tract in Canada, as well as a strong immigrant labour force due to their meat packing industry. Student leaders at Brooks Composite High S...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Motivations to be an international student at UofA were: To seek more permanent immigration to Alberta Already has some family in Edmonton Cheaper tuition than other provinces/countries Obtained a UofA entrance scholarship Key populations: international...
Future research / gaps identified: 1) Popular approaches to studying international students are rarely attuned to intra-group variation based on race and ethnicity. 2) This study is among the first to foreground such analyses in Canadian research on international students. More research of this kind is needed. Key fi...
Community organizations: Calgary Board of Education (CBE) Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth (CBFY) Future research / gaps identified: Implement and expand the research findings from this study into participatory-action research to examine lived experiences; and policy recommendations and changes. Integratio...
Open access: Yes Community organizations: Edmonton Social Planning Council Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: BIPOC students are disproportionately targeted by SROs in schools, similar to police racial profiling in other settings. Stereotypes that claim Blac...
Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Future research / gaps identified: Include a more diverse sample of participants (e.g. only 2/14 participants were female). Expand research so it can be applied to policy and procedural changes. Key findings: Barriers to re-credentialing and ent...
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